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president gerald ford. the "washington post" has called him the most influential and powerful man ever to hold the office. he was in washington an insider. his story is a story not only of power but because of what happened after 9/11 it's a story of power and values. we begin a conversation that took place in washington. mr. vice president, thank you very much for taking time to see us for this conversation. how's your health? >> much, much bet, thank you. i had lived with coronary artery disease since i was 37 years old 1978. had six heart attacks and nearly everything else that you could do yourself. i had an episode of ventricular fibrillation, my heart stopped. my life was saved by an implanted defibrillator. so i've been through a lot and as of last march i got a transplant, got a new heart and it's nothing short of a miracle. it's like taking 30 years off your life. >> rose: some people said to me without that heart transplant your days were numbered. did you have sense of that? >> oh, absolutely. i'
president gerald ford. the "washington post" has called him the most influential and powerful man ever to hold the office. he was in washington an insider. his story is a story not only of power but because of what happened after 9/11 it's a story of power and values. we begin a conversation that took place in washington. mr. vice president, thank you very much for taking time to see us for this conversation. how's your health? >> much, much bet, thank you. i had lived with...
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a fantastic documentary, it's nominate ford an oscar called how to survive a plague. it's just a brilliant history of act up. and treatment in action group which is a subset of act up, and how they really very scrupulously pars how act up changed the nature of the face of the ep dimick, the national of the e7 dig. but those times which seem very distant now, the country did not face up to its responsibility. and angels arrived at a moment when it was starting to take stock of that. and also people needed a place to mourn and it was a certain amount of griefing in the play. >> tand was a play you had to write. >> yeah. i mean it was-- or i guess it was. it was the play i wrote. so what do you, when you look forward from this day, so angels is 20 years old. lincoln is a-year-old. so what's the great obsession for you? >> i think that's an interesting question. i don't know. i mean i think america has won, angels is subtitled gay fantasia on national themes. and there is an attempt in the play, 30 years old when i wrote it, to try and think about this country and what it
a fantastic documentary, it's nominate ford an oscar called how to survive a plague. it's just a brilliant history of act up. and treatment in action group which is a subset of act up, and how they really very scrupulously pars how act up changed the nature of the face of the ep dimick, the national of the e7 dig. but those times which seem very distant now, the country did not face up to its responsibility. and angels arrived at a moment when it was starting to take stock of that. and also...
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look what happened to ford. >> yes. >> rose: c.e.o. of ford. >> yes, yeah. >> rose: -- grew newspaper the car business, was not an engineer but was a superb manager. and great sensibility for product. and i think-- . >> rose: yeah. >> and i think that's the element that gets missed a lot of the time. in these management turnovers. and particularly for technology company. you absolutely have to have as the guiding force of an abiding enduring technology company, a person or people at the helm who have products in their dna. >> rose: yeah. >> who love, who are crazed by the idea of making that thing better. >> better. >> the best. or making it better or the best or have this inventive desire like larry page for driverless cars or jeff bezos for space or whatever the next grand adventure is. this endlessly curious -- >> the adventure, the 34r0d product and dna and also the grand sense of adventure. because there's also this about them. walter isaacson captured this with steve jobs. the thing he was proudest of was not the iphone or the ip
look what happened to ford. >> yes. >> rose: c.e.o. of ford. >> yes, yeah. >> rose: -- grew newspaper the car business, was not an engineer but was a superb manager. and great sensibility for product. and i think-- . >> rose: yeah. >> and i think that's the element that gets missed a lot of the time. in these management turnovers. and particularly for technology company. you absolutely have to have as the guiding force of an abiding enduring technology...
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introducing the entirely new ford fusion. it's an entirely new idea of what a car can be. home of the all-new grilled onion cheddar burger, topped with melty white cheddar and caramelized onions. plus all your tasty favorites for just a dollar each. every day. ♪ ♪ you! get k-y yours + mine and a gift card to restaurant.com. ♪ ♪ doing it with a cold, just not going to happen. ♪ vicks dayquil powerful non-drowsy 6-symptom cold & flu relief. ♪ no matter what city you're playing...